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Christmas in Kenya.... yes, you heard me right! I am spending Christmas in Africa!! The journey begins tomorrow! Mama, Daddy, and I will be traveling to the Atlanta airport in just a few short hours so I can hop on a plane to Africa. :)

I ask that you join in on this great adventure with me! I will be attempting to blog alot more this trip, and I would love for each of you to follow along!!

I would also like you to pray for a few things...1. Pray that this trip would be about nothing other than the love and grace of the Gospel.2. Pray for safety as I travel.3. Pray for opportunities that I may share the love of Christ.4. Pray that in everything God would receive all the honor and glory.

Psalm 19:14 says, "May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing to you, O Lord, my Rock, and my Redeemer." I have been meditating on this verse for quite sometime and this really is my prayer- that everything I do would be pleasing to God. That is what I want this trip to be all about- completely pleasing to the Lord. Would you join with me in prayer for that?

I am so excited that God has given me another opportunity to be in a place that I dearly love. I am ready for the adventure. I am ready for the journey. I am ready to show the love of God in another place. Thank you in advance for all the prayer you are lifting up my way!!

Oh My Dear Coco, What a WONDERFUL, AWESOME GOD we serve. His protection and loving arms are constantly around you & as your mama, I'm praying He will squeeze you extra hard for me during this trip! It's 5:15am & I can't have any coffee (or anything else) to drink - because of thyroid test this am (UGH), but being able to write to you and pray for you & this mission for God will see me thru - a very small sacrifice indeed.

Daddy & I are so very proud of you & awed by your heart to serve in w/e way God desires. I pray that so many will receive Jesus Christ as their personal Savior & have their life changed forever. And, guess what, I hadn't even looked at your blog til this morning & had already prayed every single thing you had listed! See how Amazing & All-Powerful God is - He knew what to lay on this mama's heart. You know w/o a shadow of doubt that Daddy & I & so many will be praying w/o ceasing for you and this mission trip & all the wonderful people & friends you have made in Africa. I'm gonna finally have to get on fbook, just so I can catch up with them.

Thank Pastor Wambua, Mama Jo, Melissa & the boys for taking care of you this Christmas - I forgot to ask you when the boys had their school break - & I know you know to help out Mama Jo around their home, etc.!!!!! I pray you and the Wambua family have the most special & Merriest Christmas ever. Even tho, we will miss you terribly, I feel God's peace that you are doing His Will & Work & that you will never forget to give HIM all the praise, honor & glory.

God has answered so many prayers already for this trip & I feel very confident that He will continue to keep you safe & secure in His presence. Only HE can supply that Peace in this mama's heart, so don't worry about any of us at home - remember our formula: Worry divided by PRAYER = solution.

We are so thankful for your heart for others & you know one of my favorite verses is III John:4 "I have no greater joy than to know that my children are walking in the truth"

Girrrrllll, you have a super-blessed time there and pour our your love & especially Jesus' Saving LOVE wherever you go - Don't 4get to take your medicine everyday!

Hey Coco!!! It is your wonderful and amazing sister, Gracie, here! Okay, maybe I'm not that amazing!! Anyway, I just wanted to say that I love you sooo much and am really going to miss you this Christmas! However, I know you are doing the will of God, and I couldn't be more proud of you! As I have seen, our mother-let me rephrase that- some crazy lady wrote way too much!! Haha! I love you sooo much, and I will of course have to skype you sometime!(This should be a very hard process considering that I don't even know how to skype, and we both know that our parents aren't with the digital age-hehe!) Once again, I LOVE YOU SOO VERY MUCH!! And as we would say: Fist bump, girl!!!